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president obama has sent zero people to guantanamo bay since he's been president of the united states. perhaps because of his personal objection to guantanamo bay. perhaps because of this. the military has tried three people in gitmo since 9-11, all three were convicted, all three were released -- released after conviction for time served. the federal courts have tried over 51 people. all were convicted and all sentenced to jail terms from 20 years to live in prison. the american courts are far more efficient than the military tribunals in guantanamo bay. >> neil: i just have a feeling that it's someone affiliated with al-qaeda or the taliban. it risks being a farce. it's my fear. that judicial process could be farcecal. >> that is a fear that animated the drafters of legislation in the george w. bush administration, which is why we have this option for the president. but for the 51 cases that were tried here and a lot of them were low level people, though some did get life sentences, the farce did not happen. the trials were real. many of these were guilty pleas. if he is charged or
president obama has sent zero people to guantanamo bay since he's been president of the united states. perhaps because of his personal objection to guantanamo bay. perhaps because of this. the military has tried three people in gitmo since 9-11, all three were convicted, all three were released -- released after conviction for time served. the federal courts have tried over 51 people. all were convicted and all sentenced to jail terms from 20 years to live in prison. the american courts are far...
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swiftsident obama vowing justice. the latest from washington. target suche could an event. >>
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orti rep from washingn, the fbi released images of two suspects in the boston bombings and president obama issues the rallying message for a proud city. >> this time nextear, on the third monday april, the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder. thelosion with power of an earthquake ripped through a texas town, killing as many as 15 people. and strike up the orchestra, the make history woman by conducting the last night at the pops. viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in boston, the fbi has given a press briefing on the investigation into the bombings at the boston marathon. they released photographs of two suspects and called on the public to help identify the man they described as armed and dangerous. we can go live now to boston. extraordinary amount of detail coming out on the state of this investigation. >> yes, and t pretty clear images of the people the fbi described as suspects, people that wanted to talk to. very clear language there, and also very clear warning from the fbi that they considered thes
orti rep from washingn, the fbi released images of two suspects in the boston bombings and president obama issues the rallying message for a proud city. >> this time nextear, on the third monday april, the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder. thelosion with power of an earthquake ripped through a texas town, killing as many as 15 people. and strike up the orchestra, the make history woman by conducting the last night at the pops....
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coming up president obama says those responsible for the marathon bombings will feel the full weight of justice. we'll have a full report from washington. you may be waking up to a heightened state of security where you live. why are so many cities stepping up their protections. you're watching a special edition of "early today." >>. >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by advil. make the switch to advil now. . >>> flags are flying at half-staff in washington as lawmakers on capitol hill amend their schedules in response to what some are calling an act of terror. today members of the intelligence committee will be briefed by homeland security and the fbi on explosions at the boston march on the. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington with more. >> reporter: good morning. right after this happened capitol police went into action. they are warning visitors to the capitol complex to expect more police presence, visible presence today. as you noted some lawmakers have already been briefed, others get more details on this investigation today. >> the house will now observe a mom
coming up president obama says those responsible for the marathon bombings will feel the full weight of justice. we'll have a full report from washington. you may be waking up to a heightened state of security where you live. why are so many cities stepping up their protections. you're watching a special edition of "early today." >>. >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by advil. make the switch to advil now. . >>> flags are flying at half-staff...
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. >> as president obama has said, the fbi is investigating this as an act of terrorism and the full force of the federal government will support the response and the investigation. >> investigators now believe the explosives were packed into pressure cookers. these nangle pieces of metal are all that remain. inse parts have been used homemade bombs by extremist groups before. they also recovered a circuit board, which is being examined, and a backpack, which was being used to hide the devices. we now know that three people died. two young women and an 8-year- old boy. others have terrible wounds. vigils have been held again across the city this evening. it is a city still bewildered by what happened these two were in the crowd when the bomb went off. moments later, he called his mom saying, i've been hurt, really bad. boththers both frost -- lost a leg. -- the brothers both lost a leg. >> one will cry and then the other one will. it is heartbreaking. victims have been identified. krystle campbell was one of those killed. her mother paid tribute to her. >> i cannot leave this has happened.
. >> as president obama has said, the fbi is investigating this as an act of terrorism and the full force of the federal government will support the response and the investigation. >> investigators now believe the explosives were packed into pressure cookers. these nangle pieces of metal are all that remain. inse parts have been used homemade bombs by extremist groups before. they also recovered a circuit board, which is being examined, and a backpack, which was being used to hide...
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president obama saying "we'll find out who did this and hold them accountable." flags were lowered to half-staff in d.c. and around the nation as the country mourns with boston. >>> at least one powerful image in this morning's papers is capturing the human toll of the attacks at the finish line. two men tending to a bloodied woman laying on the ground on boylston street. "the boston globe" calling it "marathon terror." "new york times," the paper's subheadlines calling it "panic at the finish line." "usa today," "terror returns." showing police officers rushing to the aid of an injured runner in the street. time now for a look ahead. there will be an update on the boston marathon bombings at 9:30 eastern this morning, and the boston celtics game against indiana has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. coming up later this morning on a special edition of the "today" matt lauer and lester holt are live in boston with all the late-breaking details on yesterday's deadly explosions. hear from a doctor who jumped in to help the wounded while waiting for his wif
president obama saying "we'll find out who did this and hold them accountable." flags were lowered to half-staff in d.c. and around the nation as the country mourns with boston. >>> at least one powerful image in this morning's papers is capturing the human toll of the attacks at the finish line. two men tending to a bloodied woman laying on the ground on boylston street. "the boston globe" calling it "marathon terror." "new york times," the...
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saying obama saying we will not be terrorized who's doing the terrorising i mean of course he has the bombings are horrifying i don't want to under play that but at the same time i mean shutting down a city with military paramilitary troops is that not terrorizing the people and instilling an insane amount of fear unnecessarily the populace i mean the media has given this these brothers exactly what they want to pay wanted attention well they got it. yeah they've got it in spades and the interesting thing that's lacking from most corporate media coverage is something called evidence there is a lot of people impugning motives in claiming they know this that the other likely mentioned people again but the f.b.i. is claiming they have they that they're not sure and by the way if you can be a new dimension to the f.b.i. they were already contradicted their story two to three different times about how they didn't know these people then they did know these people they weren't following these people they don't think they're connected to other people get they were interviewing people in other
saying obama saying we will not be terrorized who's doing the terrorising i mean of course he has the bombings are horrifying i don't want to under play that but at the same time i mean shutting down a city with military paramilitary troops is that not terrorizing the people and instilling an insane amount of fear unnecessarily the populace i mean the media has given this these brothers exactly what they want to pay wanted attention well they got it. yeah they've got it in spades and the...
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obama were thinking about us and any material resource that we may need and he could provide was at our disposal. he was true to our word. he has checked in from time to time. he wanted to be here and i'm delighted he will be able to be with us on thursday morning. >> rose: what does your cut based based on information tell but whether this was somebody who came to this from a political sensor someone who came to this from some other kind of mental mall i did? >> i'm not sure in fairness to your question that my gut matters here. really evidence matters. the notion that there were two devices that went off in a coornated shion within a blk of each other looks and sounds like terrorism to me and to i think most observers. but whether that's a group or an individual, whether it was political or some kind of other motivation, it was a twisted one. and an all of lot of good innocent people were hurt and in a few cases killed. and that cannot stand. it's enormously important that law enforcement get to the bottom of this, but as i say that is only a part of it. the other part of it that is p
obama were thinking about us and any material resource that we may need and he could provide was at our disposal. he was true to our word. he has checked in from time to time. he wanted to be here and i'm delighted he will be able to be with us on thursday morning. >> rose: what does your cut based based on information tell but whether this was somebody who came to this from a political sensor someone who came to this from some other kind of mental mall i did? >> i'm not sure in...
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president obama spoke again this morning. >> if you want to know who we are, what america is, how we spend to evil, that is it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid. >> authorities spend the night in a residence near the airport and they have been having conversation with a saudi man who is considered a "person of interest" but so far, still, no suspect. >> thank you. we want to add, new reports say the explosives were a pressure cooker packed with nails and other fragments, and this is from our reporter and the crew in boston. the memorial is growing at the finish line of the marathon and armed officers patrol the streets with tanks. the street between the two blast sites is barricaded and it is a bit of a tourist attraction with hundreds of people showing up to see what is going on. beyond the barricades, the street is filled with trash and debris. normally it would be cleaned but it is left for investigators to sort through because they dope want to overlook any part of key evidence that could lead them to the bomber. >> the youngest bombing victims is from here in the bay area,
president obama spoke again this morning. >> if you want to know who we are, what america is, how we spend to evil, that is it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid. >> authorities spend the night in a residence near the airport and they have been having conversation with a saudi man who is considered a "person of interest" but so far, still, no suspect. >> thank you. we want to add, new reports say the explosives were a pressure cooker packed with nails and other...
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really interesting but considering how obama i mean the ported more immigrants than almost every. previous administration and increasingly militarizing the border with drones do you see the contradiction between his rhetoric and his actions. well in fact what republicans have been saying for years and probably that's why obama has taken some of these actions is that without border security they will not acquiesce to any sort of reform for immigrants coming to this country immigrants already in this country and so in fact what the bill says is there won't be any of these reforms none of the good things will happen and so all of the border security and the drums and the deportations have been stepped up so that's simply the trade off that republicans have demanded for years and obama has essentially been giving them that for a couple of years now so it kind of goes hand in hand with the and the rhetoric moving forward with the bill well thank you so much for coming on breaking down a little bit of the rhetoric i hope that we do see some progress on this very important issue and it d
really interesting but considering how obama i mean the ported more immigrants than almost every. previous administration and increasingly militarizing the border with drones do you see the contradiction between his rhetoric and his actions. well in fact what republicans have been saying for years and probably that's why obama has taken some of these actions is that without border security they will not acquiesce to any sort of reform for immigrants coming to this country immigrants already in...
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president obama has said those responsible for the acts will weight of justice. let's go over to boston now and bbc's reporter. is a morning like no other for boston. find national guard in the center of their city and vast areas of it off.ned behind me there is a gigantic crime scene. that st few yards of marathon are being combed over by the police as they look for clues. it was a beautiful spring afternoon. the streets were packed with a with their supporters. blasts.e the terrifying it should have been a moment of for runners finishing the marathon. instead, there was confusion and then horror. two explosions trying to cause .aximum damage >> no way, no way. go back. death and destruction in frightening d spectators. rushed to help the wounded. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> i saw a trash can explode and people started throwing down the and running over each other and i ran in the other could.on as fast as i >> there was an explosion and air. white smoke in the it was horrible. traumatizing. >> i saw quite a few casualties coming back. guy with his legs gone t th
president obama has said those responsible for the acts will weight of justice. let's go over to boston now and bbc's reporter. is a morning like no other for boston. find national guard in the center of their city and vast areas of it off.ned behind me there is a gigantic crime scene. that st few yards of marathon are being combed over by the police as they look for clues. it was a beautiful spring afternoon. the streets were packed with a with their supporters. blasts.e the terrifying it...
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tough message from president obama today. the latest number we have as far as the injured goes, it is up to 141. >> terrorist attack at the finish line of the boston marathon. two explosions within seconds of each other along the route. >> at first it sounded like a canon blast. >> almost blew my head off. >> bad, bad injuries. >> we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> the force of the explosion caused smoke and panic. >> there was a mad push for people to get away from the scene. >> we are looking for any information people have as to what they saw or might have heard -- might have heard at the sight of the explosion or coming and going. >> reporter: authorities set up a tip line and are asking people to go home or to hotels hotels hotels and avoid large clouds. >> be calm. >> reporter: the winners wrapped up their race an hour earlier but many of the 27,000 were still working to complete the course when
tough message from president obama today. the latest number we have as far as the injured goes, it is up to 141. >> terrorist attack at the finish line of the boston marathon. two explosions within seconds of each other along the route. >> at first it sounded like a canon blast. >> almost blew my head off. >> bad, bad injuries. >> we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the...
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so i can understand where president bush and president obama have given to the department of justice the authority to move forward with the type of process that we have going on today. >> do you have questions about the fbi's tracking of the older suspect here who is now dead and whether something was missed? >> of course i do. and i think we should is ask those questions. that's our responsibility. i listened to mike rogers and i thought it he laid it out as a former fbi agent himself what we were faced with when we were asked these hard questions. we have to make sure as well, david, we give to the intelligence and law enforcement agencies, federal, state, and local, the resources they need to keep america safe. we live in a dangerous world. we live, also, in a free and open society we value very much. forward to keep americans safe at the marathon, at every other public event, we need to invest the resources that are necessary for law enforcement. >> is that a call, in fact, for re-examination of whether additional resources are needed to look at home grown terror and the potentia
so i can understand where president bush and president obama have given to the department of justice the authority to move forward with the type of process that we have going on today. >> do you have questions about the fbi's tracking of the older suspect here who is now dead and whether something was missed? >> of course i do. and i think we should is ask those questions. that's our responsibility. i listened to mike rogers and i thought it he laid it out as a former fbi agent...
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the white house has just announced that president obama will travel to boston for an interstate service on thursday. laura joins us from a city still in shock. >> yes, cathy, a very somber city. as you just heard in the update from fbi officials in boston, someone knows who did this. they said they are appealing to the public for clues. we also have an update on the forensic examination of the site where the bomb went off. it seems the bomb was contained in a pressure cooker and carried in a black nylon backpack. at the moment, no more questions have been answered. my colleague has this report. >> runners were struggling to the finish line, their families watching, at cheering. then the unthinkable. cheers became screams. a moment of celebration and triumphed shattered. on the streets of boston, sights and sounds more familiar in countries at war. pavement spattered in blood as two bomb blasts claimed their victims. it was the cruelest of moments. >> i saw a trash can explode. people started throwing down the barricade and running over each other. i ran in the other direction as fast as
the white house has just announced that president obama will travel to boston for an interstate service on thursday. laura joins us from a city still in shock. >> yes, cathy, a very somber city. as you just heard in the update from fbi officials in boston, someone knows who did this. they said they are appealing to the public for clues. we also have an update on the forensic examination of the site where the bomb went off. it seems the bomb was contained in a pressure cooker and carried...
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really interesting but considering how obama i mean the ported more immigrants than almost every. in his administration and increasingly militarizing the border with drones do you see the contradiction between his rhetoric and his actions. well in fact what republicans have been saying for years and probably that's why obama has taken some of these actions is that without border security they will not acquiesce to any sort of reform for immigrants coming to this country immigrants already in this country and so in fact what the bill says is there won't be any of these reforms none of the good things will happen and so all of the border security and the drums and the deportations have been stepped up so that's simply the tradeoff that republicans have demanded for years and obama has essentially been giving them that for a couple of years now so it kind of goes hand in hand with the dogs and the and the rhetoric moving forward with the bill well thank you so much for coming on breaking down a little bit of the rhetoric i hope that we do see some progress on this very important issu
really interesting but considering how obama i mean the ported more immigrants than almost every. in his administration and increasingly militarizing the border with drones do you see the contradiction between his rhetoric and his actions. well in fact what republicans have been saying for years and probably that's why obama has taken some of these actions is that without border security they will not acquiesce to any sort of reform for immigrants coming to this country immigrants already in...
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a letter to president obama tests positive for the deadly poison known as risin. the news from the white house and from capitol hill as it breaks here today on studio b [ male announcer ] straight from red lobster's chefs to your table for a limited time! it's our seafood dinner for two for just 25 dollars! a handcrafted seafood feast made to share. first you each get salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. then choose two from a wide variety of chef-inspired trées like our new honey garlic crispy shrimp or new seafood lover's lingui. round out your seafood dinner with your choice of either an appetizer or dessert to share! don't miss our seafood dinner for two, just $25 at red lobster, where we sea food different. >> bill: breaking news here on "studio b." can report at the moment. there is an image that apparently authorities have identified as a person they would like to talk to described as a young man, said to be dropping off some sort of bag near the scene of the second explosion on monday afternoon, 2:50 p.m. local time. this person has not been arrested
a letter to president obama tests positive for the deadly poison known as risin. the news from the white house and from capitol hill as it breaks here today on studio b [ male announcer ] straight from red lobster's chefs to your table for a limited time! it's our seafood dinner for two for just 25 dollars! a handcrafted seafood feast made to share. first you each get salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. then choose two from a wide variety of chef-inspired trées like our new honey garlic...
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here's president obama. >> good evening, everybody. tonight our nation is in debt to the people of boston and the people of massachusetts. after a vicious attack on their city, bostonians responded with resolve and determination. they did their part as citizens and partners in this investigation. boston police and state police and local police across the commonwealth of massachusetts responded with professionalism and bravery over five long days. and tonight because of their determined effort, we've closed an important chapter in this tragedy. i've been briefed earlier this evening by fbi director muller. after the attacks on monday, districted the full resources of the federal government to be made available to help state and local authorities in the investigation. and to increase security as needed. over the past week, close coordination among federal, state, and local officials sharing information, moving swiftly to track down leads has been critical to this effort. they all worked as they should, as a team. and we are extremely gra
here's president obama. >> good evening, everybody. tonight our nation is in debt to the people of boston and the people of massachusetts. after a vicious attack on their city, bostonians responded with resolve and determination. they did their part as citizens and partners in this investigation. boston police and state police and local police across the commonwealth of massachusetts responded with professionalism and bravery over five long days. and tonight because of their determined...
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saying obama saying we will not be terrorized who's doing the terrorising i mean of course he has the bombings are horrifying i don't want to under play that but at the same time i mean shutting down a city with a military paramilitary troops is that not terrorizing the people in instilling an insane amount of fear unnecessarily amongst the populace i mean the media has given this these brothers exactly what they want to play wanted attention well they got it. yeah they've got it in spades and the interesting thing that's lacking from most corporate media coverage is something called evidence there is a lot of people impugning motives in claiming they know this that the other likely mentioned people like andrew sullivan but that the f.b.i. is claiming they have they that they're not sure and by the way if you can be a new dimension to the f.b.i. they were already contradicted their story two to three different times about how they didn't know these people then they did know these people they weren't following these people they don't think they're connected to other people get they wer
saying obama saying we will not be terrorized who's doing the terrorising i mean of course he has the bombings are horrifying i don't want to under play that but at the same time i mean shutting down a city with a military paramilitary troops is that not terrorizing the people in instilling an insane amount of fear unnecessarily amongst the populace i mean the media has given this these brothers exactly what they want to play wanted attention well they got it. yeah they've got it in spades and...
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you know, when barack obama first came into office, we gave away a lot of missile defense scheduled to go into europe because we wanted to please the russians. we wanted to hit the reset button and look where that's gotten it. it's gotten us nothing except we've delayed protections for ourselves and our allies. we have to do what's best for our defense and our allies' defense and do what ronald rean said. we should have peace through strength, not peace through weakness. peace through strength. lou: the north koreans have at least two missiles for launch, estimated to be, by all counts, and of course, yu're far better briefed on this than the people but by all accounts a range of at least 00 miles. how concerned are you that they will, indeed, be launched and what should be the u.s. response? >> well, fortunately, we do have some good theater missile defenses in place today, missile destroyers that we already had and we beefed that up. japanese had some with our help and they're deploying that and we have some inter continental ballistic missile interceptors, lou, in both california an
you know, when barack obama first came into office, we gave away a lot of missile defense scheduled to go into europe because we wanted to please the russians. we wanted to hit the reset button and look where that's gotten it. it's gotten us nothing except we've delayed protections for ourselves and our allies. we have to do what's best for our defense and our allies' defense and do what ronald rean said. we should have peace through strength, not peace through weakness. peace through strength....
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the suspect behind the marathon bombings the envelope laced with toxic rice in the sense of president obama. notes of formula one protests in bahrain denounce holding a glamorous race while human rights abuses with fresh reports of police firing tear gas at furious demonstrate. nine pm here in moscow this thursday night one story dominating our coverage with me kevin zero in tonight thanks for being with us by the way the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where that massive blast has ripped through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least one hundred sixty are injured but emergency crews searching for survivors fear as many as seventy may have died. thank you but i think the weird. experts say that explosion had a force of a minor earthquake it destroyed several buildings the in searing blaze spread to nearby apartment blocks and schools now the fire at the plant's under control but several firefighters and a police officer are feared dead officials have shut down power supplies and evacuated from the town the cause of what went so badly
the suspect behind the marathon bombings the envelope laced with toxic rice in the sense of president obama. notes of formula one protests in bahrain denounce holding a glamorous race while human rights abuses with fresh reports of police firing tear gas at furious demonstrate. nine pm here in moscow this thursday night one story dominating our coverage with me kevin zero in tonight thanks for being with us by the way the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where that massive blast...
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they want to see who the person is from the front and if he might be relevant. >> president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. in boston, susan mcguinness. wjz eyewitness news. >> it's hard to comprehend the frightening moments as not one but two bombs go into the crowd. good morning, ron. >> reporter: what you are about to see is the first video obtained by cbs moments after the attack began. we had an attack. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> those are unedited images of the first bombing at the height of the chaos around 2:50 yesterday afternoon. jessica, back to you. >> hard to watch. >>> back here in the wake of the attacks, law enforcement are increasing their presence all over the state. wjz and mike schuh are live downtown with more. good morning, mike. >> good morning, jessica. people are starting to suspect that something could happen. there is no threat
they want to see who the person is from the front and if he might be relevant. >> president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. in boston, susan mcguinness. wjz eyewitness news. >> it's hard to comprehend the frightening moments as not one but two bombs go into the...
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. >>> president obama went with his national security council at the white house, the team rev w reviewed events in boston for an hour and a half. the head of the cia and fbi briefed the president on the investigation and as well as the efforts to combat terrorism. they had remaining questions, including the one everyone is asking, what pushed the bombers to do it and what did they hope to accomplish? >> the events in boston plaped a role in the neighborhood response team or nert drill in san francisco today. the drills are held by the fire department several times a year and anyone can sign up for free. it covers everything from first aid and search and rescue to any type of disaster. today's drill was an earthquake drill, the bomtings in boston were on everybody's mind. 50 signed up last minute after the marathon. >> it brought more seriousness to the volunteers approach, maybe a casual approach, go to the drill. now there's a pressing urgency about keeping our skills fresh. >> the program is training 24,000 people since the loma prieta earthquake. >>> setting out on a special mission,
. >>> president obama went with his national security council at the white house, the team rev w reviewed events in boston for an hour and a half. the head of the cia and fbi briefed the president on the investigation and as well as the efforts to combat terrorism. they had remaining questions, including the one everyone is asking, what pushed the bombers to do it and what did they hope to accomplish? >> the events in boston plaped a role in the neighborhood response team or nert...
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suspect behind the mad from bombings while an envelope plays with top cigar reisen is sent to president obama. oh. it's seven pm here in moscow you live with us on our t. with me to say this hour we'll bring you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where a massive blast has ripped through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least a hundred and sixty injured but emergency crews of fear as many as seventy may have died. well you know i don't think i think. the explosion had to be a full assault on mind as the quake and destroyed several buildings and soon place especially nearby apartment blocks and schools apply at the plant is now under control but several functions in a police office on a field day officials have shut down policy plots and evacuated concerts and the concern is that another source like the facilities. the cause of the tragedy is not losing the ability to think that something was coming says i but let's say there's no evidence of foul play artie's rob mundle linda is this. the mayor of west texas spoke to was just confirm so
suspect behind the mad from bombings while an envelope plays with top cigar reisen is sent to president obama. oh. it's seven pm here in moscow you live with us on our t. with me to say this hour we'll bring you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where a massive blast has ripped through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least a hundred and sixty injured but emergency crews of fear as many as seventy may have died. well you know i don't...
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president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombings and to bring them to justice. the president never mentioned the word terrorism but the fbi is treating the explosions as a terror act. no group so far has claimed responsibility for the blasts. >>> cities around the country have increased police patrols in light of these bombings. the secret service has spannedded its security perimeter on the white house as well. and police in london are getting very strict with their security because the london marathon is coming up this sunday. >> wusa9's delia goncalves is live in the satellite center with more on the response to the explosions. >> what are the latest developments we're hearing, delia? >> reporter: we can tell you that police along with the f.b.i. and several other federal agents have raided a home in revere, the suburbs of boston. they made that raid last night. we don't quite know the connection at this point. of course, this investigation still unfoaldzing. the blast -- unfolding. the blasts have shaken bostonians and many folks around the world. cbs report
president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombings and to bring them to justice. the president never mentioned the word terrorism but the fbi is treating the explosions as a terror act. no group so far has claimed responsibility for the blasts. >>> cities around the country have increased police patrols in light of these bombings. the secret service has spannedded its security perimeter on the white house as well. and police in london are getting very strict with their...
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suspects behind the marathon bombings while an envelope laced with toxic wants and is sent to president obama. at six pm here in moscow are you live with us on our two with me to say this all will bring it to you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where a massive blast has ripped through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least one hundred sixty injured but emergency crews fia as many as seventy may have died . during the break i gave. you the explosion had the force of a minor at the break and destroyed several buildings then ceiling relays are spread to nearby apartment blocks and fire at the plant is now under control but several firefighters and police officers did officials have shut down the whole supply and evacuated half the town amid concerns that another fertilizer tank at the facility could blow up because of the tragedy is not yet known police say will begin an investigation once a rescue operations are over that so far there's no evidence of foul play out he's among the injured that the. mayor of new. that's texas to us just
suspects behind the marathon bombings while an envelope laced with toxic wants and is sent to president obama. at six pm here in moscow are you live with us on our two with me to say this all will bring it to you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where a massive blast has ripped through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least one hundred sixty injured but emergency crews fia as many as seventy may have died . during the break i gave. you...
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russia's president vladimir putin has phoned barack obama to offer condolences and to pledge and commit to greater support, greater coordination in dealing with the threat of international terrorism. this is something that russia has been pushing for, arguing for, for a long time now, and the u.s. president is said to have returned that commitment. john, christine? >> as you said this puts the tensions between russia and check nia into the spotlight. will this have larger implications in that tension? >> this is the important context here. russia has been fighting wars and counter insurgency operations in chechnya and the surrounding region for almost 20 years now, that is becomes increasingly islamists in their intentions and those same militants and terrorists from that region have also launched devastating atacks here in moscow and other parts of russia as well. russia has always argued its efforts to put down these militants should be viewed within the same context as the global war on terrorism but russia has always felt it hasn't got the sympathy it deserves in trying to deal with
russia's president vladimir putin has phoned barack obama to offer condolences and to pledge and commit to greater support, greater coordination in dealing with the threat of international terrorism. this is something that russia has been pushing for, arguing for, for a long time now, and the u.s. president is said to have returned that commitment. john, christine? >> as you said this puts the tensions between russia and check nia into the spotlight. will this have larger implications in...
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obama doesn't want to call it terror. he wants to call it -- i don't know. >> the fort hood one was classified as workplace violence. i don't know if they would claim a do over on that one. greg, you talked about the fbi on saturday when we had our special show. as we have gone over the past two days, even this morning there was something that said that perhaps one of the airlines misspelled one of these characters' names. tsarnaev is not the easiest to spell. i can see how that mistake is made, but are we thought good enough to catch a type-o when we are looking for somebody the russians tell us to watch. >> it happens all the time when i try to get cable. gutfeld. gut field. i have a problem concentrating because i am so tired of seeing their faces. can we please -- we already know what these guys look like. we have seen enough of his face, of their faces. can we just stop? i see them more than the lady from the progressive auto commercials. i see them more than i see my family. can't we just show a pile of dog [explati
obama doesn't want to call it terror. he wants to call it -- i don't know. >> the fort hood one was classified as workplace violence. i don't know if they would claim a do over on that one. greg, you talked about the fbi on saturday when we had our special show. as we have gone over the past two days, even this morning there was something that said that perhaps one of the airlines misspelled one of these characters' names. tsarnaev is not the easiest to spell. i can see how that mistake...
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president obama said, "i am president obama and i approve this message." this is someone who wants to get attention. it is important to note that both are getting letters right now, republicans and democrats. that says to me this is someone who really hates government. the u.s. -- in the u.s., antigovernment extremists have a fascination with ricin in the past. you can easily buy manuals on how to produce ricin. >> from what you are hearing is there -- hearing, is there any indication that there might be a link between the ricin in these letters and the bombing in boston? >> not yet eerie -- not yet. >> thank you very much. >> back on this side of the atlantic, former british prime minister margaret thatcher has been laid to rest in a ceremony at st. paul's cathedral pier g was a divisive figure -- st. paul's cathedral. she was a divisive figure. she ushered in policies that continue to impact the country. >> thing then was silent as the first female and longest -- big ben was silent as the first female and longest-serving prime minister was laid to rest.
president obama said, "i am president obama and i approve this message." this is someone who wants to get attention. it is important to note that both are getting letters right now, republicans and democrats. that says to me this is someone who really hates government. the u.s. -- in the u.s., antigovernment extremists have a fascination with ricin in the past. you can easily buy manuals on how to produce ricin. >> from what you are hearing is there -- hearing, is there any...
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president obama speaking at the cathedral of the holy cross in boston's south end as the city and the entire nation tries to heal from the horrific events of monday. let's listen to the president. >> hello, boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. run with endurance the race that is set before us. on monday morning the sun rose over boston. the sunlight glistened off the statehouse dome. and the common and the public garden, spring was in bloom. on this patriots day, like so many before, fans jumped onto the tee to see the sox at fenway. in hopkinton, runners laced up their shoes and set out on a 26.2-mile test of dedication and grit and the human spirit. and across this city, hundreds of thousands bostonians lined the streets to hand the runners cups of water and to cheer them on. it was a beautiful day to be in boston. a day that explains why a poet once wrote that this town is not just a capital, not just a place, boston, he said, is the perfect state of grace. [ applause ] >> and then, in an instant, the day's beauty was shattered. a celebra
president obama speaking at the cathedral of the holy cross in boston's south end as the city and the entire nation tries to heal from the horrific events of monday. let's listen to the president. >> hello, boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. run with endurance the race that is set before us. on monday morning the sun rose over boston. the sunlight glistened off the statehouse dome. and the common and the public garden, spring was in bloom. on...
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last night, president obama addressed the country, stopping short of calling the blast terrorism. and asking for the prayers of the nation. >> the american people will say a prayer for boston tonight. and michelle and i said our deepest thoughts and prayers to the families and the victims in the wake of this sense tense loss. bost season a tough and resilient town. so are its people. i'm confident that bostonians will pull together, and move forward as one proud city. as they do, the american people will be with them every single step of the way. >> the bombing brought back painful memories for boston. after all, one of the planes took off from logan airport on september 11th, nearly 12 years ago. michael leiter is an nbc news national security analyst. he's the former director of the national counterterrorism center in washington. michael, thanks for joining us. where i'm sitting is about four blocks from the crime scene. but on a area about a block away is being treated as a crime scene. i'm sure investigators have been working into the night and will be working around the clock
last night, president obama addressed the country, stopping short of calling the blast terrorism. and asking for the prayers of the nation. >> the american people will say a prayer for boston tonight. and michelle and i said our deepest thoughts and prayers to the families and the victims in the wake of this sense tense loss. bost season a tough and resilient town. so are its people. i'm confident that bostonians will pull together, and move forward as one proud city. as they do, the...
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suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope lays with top secure one cent is sent to president obama. live from moscow this is our team. right this hour will bring you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas was a mess of blah says through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed in a g.'s a hundred and sixty injured but emergency crews fear as many as seventy may have died. during the break i think we're getting here but the explosion had the force of a minor and quake and destroyed several buildings in suing blazers spread to two nearby apartment blocks and schools the fire has since been brought under control but several firefighters and a police officer feared to date officials have shut down policy applies and evacuated half the town amid concerns that another fertilizer tank at the facility could blow up because of the tragedy is not yet known police say i will begin an investigation once rescue operations are over but that so far there's no evidence of foul play r.g.s. romano is at the scene. that's right the mayor of west texas spoke to w
suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope lays with top secure one cent is sent to president obama. live from moscow this is our team. right this hour will bring you the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas was a mess of blah says through a fertilizer plant police say up to fifteen people have been killed in a g.'s a hundred and sixty injured but emergency crews fear as many as seventy may have died. during the break i think we're getting here but the explosion had the...
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president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. now, the city of boston is on high alert. very, very high alert around this city as it wakes up. new york city also area of high alert around subways and certain landmarks and sunday has the london marathon coming up and as for the city of boston the governor here deval patrick said city of boston will operate today but it will not be business as usual. >> i don't expect that. susan mcginnis in boston. thank you. >>> following the explosions in boston, security was tightened around the country. at the white house the secret service shut down access to pennsylvania avenue. patrol cars blocked entry points but the white house was not on lockdown and the park across the street remains open. in new york city, a police command truck was moved to times square. security was stepped up at landmarks like the empire state building and the world t
president obama vowed to find those responsible for the bombing. >> any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: white house officials say they are treating the bombings as an act of terrorism. now, the city of boston is on high alert. very, very high alert around this city as it wakes up. new york city also area of high alert around subways and certain landmarks and sunday has the london marathon coming up and as for the...
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one sent to president obama was intercepted offsite. all of them postmarked april 8th. and all postmarked for memphis. what gave it away was the common signature. i am kevin curtis and i approve this message, at the end of the letters. the test on the first letter to wicker, had proved inconclusive. and the second one, as well. they're trying to figure out how potent this ricin was. and while it initially tested positive, the further tests by the fbi have been inconclusive. they ordered more as they continue to investigate. >> all right, tracie potts in washington. thanks so much for that. >>> after a rollercoaster day of reports on the investigation into the boston bombings, it appears authorities have pictures of their suspect. the front page of this morning's "boston globe" claims authorities have image of bombing suspect. we also know the identity of the third victim killed by those blasts. 23-year-old lindsay lu, a grad student from china, has been identified by boston university. 29-year-old crystal campbell and 8-year-old martin richard were injured. chris, good
one sent to president obama was intercepted offsite. all of them postmarked april 8th. and all postmarked for memphis. what gave it away was the common signature. i am kevin curtis and i approve this message, at the end of the letters. the test on the first letter to wicker, had proved inconclusive. and the second one, as well. they're trying to figure out how potent this ricin was. and while it initially tested positive, the further tests by the fbi have been inconclusive. they ordered more as...
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president obama spoke again this morning. >> if you want to know who we are, what america is, how we spend to evil, that is it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid. >> authorities spend the night in a residence near the airport and they have been having conversation with a saudi man who is considered a "person of interest" but so far, still, no suspect. >> thank you. we want to add, new reports say the explosives were a pressure fragments, and this iss and from our reporter and the crew in boston. the memorial is growing at the finish line of the marathon and armed officers patrol the streets with tanks. the street between the two blast sites is barricaded and it is a bit of a tourist attraction with hundreds of people showing up to see what is going on. beyond the barricades, the street is filled with trash and debris. normally it would be cleaned but it is left for investigators to sort through because they dope want to overlook any part of key evidence that could lead them to the bomber. >> the youngest bombing victims is from here in the bay area, the 11-year-old boy from marti
president obama spoke again this morning. >> if you want to know who we are, what america is, how we spend to evil, that is it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid. >> authorities spend the night in a residence near the airport and they have been having conversation with a saudi man who is considered a "person of interest" but so far, still, no suspect. >> thank you. we want to add, new reports say the explosives were a pressure fragments, and this iss and from our...
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those letters addressed to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker. we have learned the suspect is a man from tupelo, mississippi, a man with a long history of sending letters to lawmakers in washington. investigators say that early tests on those letters were positive. that mail never came close to the president or the senator for that matter. they set off alarms though in postal screening facilities away from the white house and away from chill. i want to start our coverage this hour now with mike emanuel who is live on
those letters addressed to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker. we have learned the suspect is a man from tupelo, mississippi, a man with a long history of sending letters to lawmakers in washington. investigators say that early tests on those letters were positive. that mail never came close to the president or the senator for that matter. they set off alarms though in postal screening facilities away from the white house and away from chill. i want to start our...
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every time putin and obama meet putin scolds obama. here might be an opportunity to say look you don't like the chechens? is there anyway we can work together to deal with international terrorism. you may not have been worried about them before this, but you have just as much of a problem with all of the countries on your periphery that are potentially becoming radical islamic states of the -- states. is there a way to work together maybe on this one thing and then it can lead to cooperation on other things? ultimately we would love their cooperation on iran and the nuclear program, but maybe we can take these baby steps to say let's start sharing intelligence. how do you see this threat evolving? maybe we can work on that. >> do you think it was the russians that two years ago tipped off the fbi that lead them to interview literally the older 26-year-old brother? >> maybe. maybe there was kazakstan. there were a lot of other countries where this family has moved around to in central asia. they were in russia in the chechnya part of ru
every time putin and obama meet putin scolds obama. here might be an opportunity to say look you don't like the chechens? is there anyway we can work together to deal with international terrorism. you may not have been worried about them before this, but you have just as much of a problem with all of the countries on your periphery that are potentially becoming radical islamic states of the -- states. is there a way to work together maybe on this one thing and then it can lead to cooperation on...
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situation in guantanamo a state department representative stuck to their fish a line that president obama remains committed to closing the facility but with no sign of any real substance towards doing that prisoners are being driven to desperation says former guantanamo detainee back. to be a will and i don't think the will exists certainly if you've still got people who want time and will eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send them these individuals to places where they're supposed to have a basic normal life and i don't know when the will is going to come when still problems that were instituted at the time of bush not being cleared at the time of the hunger strike. is an action of desperation there you know very well in guantanamo but the only way you can get sure rights is by taking extreme measures do you view this is that the religious abuses are still taking place the prisons are still complaining about those things through the noise and even one of them has just recently written something through his lawyer in the american papers and w
situation in guantanamo a state department representative stuck to their fish a line that president obama remains committed to closing the facility but with no sign of any real substance towards doing that prisoners are being driven to desperation says former guantanamo detainee back. to be a will and i don't think the will exists certainly if you've still got people who want time and will eleven years since the invasion of afghanistan and there's no practical will to send them these...